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Observing the reality that euthanasia laws actually create a 'right to be killed' and assisted suicide laws, a 'right to have someone help you kill yourself', then any so-called safeguards are, not only safe, but also illegitimate.

A CONTROVERSIAL physician dubbed Dr Death says a euthanasia workshop to be held in Dublin will offer "comfort and solace" to those who have few other options.

Margo Macdonald MSP launched her new assisted suicide bill in Scotland. The Scottish government has said it does not support a change in the law and the British Medical Association (BMA) has in response reiterated its opposition to assisted suicide.

The resolution is comprised of a list of principles already elaborated in three documents previously adopted in the Council of Europe, including the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention), which legally binds the majority of member States.

Alex Schadenberg comments on the recent announcement by President Francois Hollande that, in spite of clear opposition from the national ethics committee, he intends to push a euthanasia bill into the French Parliament later this year.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it's up to individual countries to decide on euthanasia. It also decided, however, that the German courts should not have thrown out a widower's appeals.